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Long-awaited library DIJEIIS

By Luke Saladin

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-\fter more than a year of

delays and anticipation, the L'K's
\Yilliam T. Yotiiig Library will
finally open today.

How do the students feel
about it?

The library was originally
schedtiled to open in spring WW
and has since beeii ptished back
numerous times.

But the construction delays
has not sat well with those who
will hetiefit itiost from the con—
struction of the new facility:
L'K students atid faculty mem»
hers.

Opinions on the problem seeiti
to revolve arotiiid L'K‘s inability
to cope with a project of such
magnitude.

Reasons range from the lack of

coordination to inability to get
proper funding.

Some students say the con—
struction of the new library will
forever be remembered as a black
eye on the face of UK.

“It doesn't surprise me at all,‘
said Jeff Brandt, a journalism
sophomore. “It's all because the
L'niversity is iii charge.“

\Yhile L'K seems to receive the
hulk of the criticism for the con—
struction delays, some students
said they believe the problem

transcends the L'niversity‘s con~
trol.

“Projects like this always have
some sort of delays," said l’llen
Lord. a journalism jtiiiior. “Not to
mention it's built on a siiik hole."

Rob .\laness thinks blaming
the L‘iiiyersity for the delays is
wrong.

“:\ large part of the problem is
that certain people in the univer
sity didn't understand the scope
of what they were getting into,"
said .\laness, a btisiness iiianage-
ment junior. “\Yho you blame for
the construction problems, I
don't know. biit it's wrong to
blame the entire L'niyersity for
this problem'

In addition to serving the [K
community, the library also has
just as tiiiicli relevance to people
outside of the school.

The library will he required to
serve the needs of off—campus
tisers, ptiblic libraries, business
and public and private educational
institutions such as community
colleges.

“The library needed to be
opened." said \Yesley .\lays, a his—
tory student from Kentucky State
L'niversity who uses .\largaret l.
King Library.

"It's very difficult to find books
with the current library. It's going

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By Jesswa Coy Thirty iiiiiitites before the l'.lections Iloard of
.l-“Ii’MH/"I’ll“ [ill/W" (iltlillls heard the first complaint Iiled against last
week‘s Student (itn'L‘I'nIIIclil \ssociation elections.
() I :00. . one of the hoard members resigned from her position.
(.old. wet and hungry, you inch your way toward The resignation of lsatie (Lonrad. president of
the enemy on your belly. .\ight sounds all around as Phi Sigma Pi honorary. dropped the hoard below
you slowly make your way through a briar patch, not the necessary three members required to hear the
feeling the thorns that pierce your skin, not hearing claims that could rcslllt in a suctintl eletiiotr
anything but the men around voti and the murmur of l-‘our hoard members remain: .\latt \\ aruot k.
yourleader. . _ . . . Jon Dvorak, Melissa llenkc .iiid lsclly \chlc}
Y on take your position and wait. Adrenaline pumping llenke is out of town this weekend visiting law
through your veins. you clear your mind and foctis on schools. and Dvorak had to work last nlLtltL
yourmission. _ ﬂ ‘ Deliberations were pushed back to ts' .i.m today
l‘mally you hear it, the order to open fire. laveryone The hearings will riiti until 10 int. and will ton-
around you pulls their triggers and the air explodes with tinue on Sunday if needed. \Yesley said she expects
gunfire. . . ‘ . . Dvorak to .ittend today‘s hearings to ensure the
laverytbing happens in a matter of minutes. Your organization meets quorum.
team occtipies the eneiiiy"s campsite. recovers the stolen The hoard of claims has strict constiiiitional
5 \ X nerve gzlﬁ. searches the dead bodies and destroys the deadlines that require all complaints to be heard
; enemy s weapons. by Sunday. S(i.-\ bvlaw's require .i written decision
.\ext thing you know, you re back on the road. mak- by Monday evening.
mg your way back to safety, \Yesley, head of the S( i.-\ Board of ( Ilaims. said

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In the dark, the oiily light coming from the stars in
the inoonless sky, you follow the reflective patches or cat
eyes on the hacks of your comrade's hats and use your
PYS—TB Night Vision (ioggles to help you find your
way through the thick underbrush.

Three hours and an ambush later. you settle into your
second hour lying in wait for the enetny.

Trying not to fall asleep, you prop yourself on
your elbows and think abotit the time you and your
dad went bear hunting in Canada. and about your
nice warm bed. and about how good a warm meal
would he.

Yoti think about how this whole night, the stress, the
fatigue, will all be worth it tomorrow. 'l‘omorrow you
will have passed the test, you will have achieved what you
have been working toward all semester.

You will he a Kentucky Ranger.

“The men who participated in Operation \Yarbonnet
are the best ofthe best cadets here at UK,” said Mitchell
(Larlisle, a history senior and Ranger Commander. “This
operation in which we simulated skirmishes using blanks
and guys who pretended to be the enemy, was the culmi-
nation of a whole semester's training, a test to see how
the men would stand up under intense pressure and hos-
tile conditions."

.~\lthough everything did not go smoothly during the

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GOVBI‘IIOI‘ pulls Ill] chair Iﬂl‘ staff on [)0an

UK staﬂmembers 31:? 21:1.‘h$125353:r“:.::.‘::‘::...“.::.*:.’:;t;
ready to take [lCthn Iicrlfj‘he sun was shining, it was a beau-
now that bill signed

tiftil day," said BonnieJohnson, coor-

dinator of Administrative Operations

in the Division of(Iommunication and
”Y M” Herran Network Systems.
MT“ him" “\Ve we're just in there. and we got
our picture taken. and he just signed
away," she said. “Then we went out in
the (Treat Hall and reininisced oftimes
gone by.”

\\'hen the Board ofTrustees meets
next Tuesday, Shannon Price and
other staff members will show tip “to

see ifthey're saving us seats."

That's because Price and several
other staff employees at L'K saw the
fruits of tnorc than two years of labor
yesterday when (iov. Paul Patton
signed into law Senate Bill 29‘, which
calls for a staff member to be placed on
the Board of'l‘rustces.

The staff members attended the
signing at the (Iapitol building, where

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For Sen. Ernesto Scorsone. l)-l.ex-
ington. the bill's passage quelled
months of anticipation, as well as frus—
tration over the bill's defeat two years
ago in March, when it got buried in
the House Appropriations and RL'\-
cnue (Iommittee and did not come tip
for a vote before the legislature liti-
ished its session.

“\Ye got so close two years ago,

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and we could almost taste victory,“
said Scorsone, who sponsored the hill
both times. “The staff at UK has
worked so hard on this. They contact-
ed legislators. and argued their case
very well, and I think that made a dif-
ference."

Staff members also contacted other
staffeinployees at other regional uni-
versities across the state to drum up
support for the Scorsone‘s bill. This
effort helped legislator's realize the
inequity L'K staff faced, he said.

“I talked with the governor early
on during this process and asked
him not to be a roadblock. and he
said he would not be." Scorsonc said:
“Now it's tip to staff to design the
best method to elect their represen-
tative."

“He has been superb throughout
the last two campaigns,"Johnson said.
“\Ve've got our work cut out for us.

btit we're looking forward to it."

Altliou h Patton signed the bill,
The legisliition does not go into law
until July 1‘. L'K President (iharlcs
“'ethingtoti said the board will act on
the bill at that time and restated his
position that it will welcome a staff
member ifthe bill is approved.

Kathy Scahill was excited but said
she wished the president would act less
indifferent about the passage.

“I‘m a little disappointed l)r.
“'ethington hasn't been more willing to
congratulate us." said Scahill, an admin-
istrative assistant in horticulture and
landscape architecture department.

The measure comes at an interest~
ing time, she said, because ofa salary
cap proposed by the administration
that would Simplify UK's complex
classification system for staff. but keep
cmplovees at the top of their grade
levels from earning more money.

(Ionrad didn't realize the obligations of accepting
a position on the board.

“I could not attend the elections board ofclaiiiis
committee because I had a prior coitiiiiiitiiieiii
with Phi Sigma Pi." (loiirad said. “I did not want
to be a detriment to the claims coinmitce. so I just
resigned so that they could go on and meet."

Regardless of the circumstances. the fate of last
weeks 8( i:\ election now' rests in the hands of four
students.

\Yarnock, a political science senior, is one oftheiu.

“It's a pretty important position." he said. “I
hope to look at each of the claims for what facts
they hold instead of listening to rumors. and I
hope to make a fair decision."

\Yarnock said he never expected these fireworks
when he signed up.

“I didn‘t think there would be any problems.
because usually people follow the rules." be said.
“This time. they didn't. so we're gonna be pretty
busy."

NEWSbytes

m lyman I. Johnson
awards deadline extended

The deadline for awards for the Lyman T.
Johnson Banquet has been extended.

The applications are due at i pm. Tuesday in
the Office of African—American Student -\ffairs,
‘57 Patterson Office Tower.

Packets are now available and can be picked up
there or in the Martin Luther King. Jr. (Zultural (Zen-
ter. The banquet will take place at 7 pin. on Thurs—
day. April 9 in the Student (Ienter (irand Ballroom.
Tickets are $8 for students, $l() for faculty. staff
and the public. 'l‘ickets will not be sold at the door.

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NIQH' YORK ~ Swordplay in movie star Alec
Baldwin‘s stage performance of “Macbeth" turned
into a bloodletting. Baldwin nearly sliced off one of
Jeff Nordling's ﬁngers in the lay‘s climactic duel at
Greenwich Village's Public 'T eater on March 27.

The theater said Nordling got six stitches and
was back on stage the next day.

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